Tragic mum would have been offered abortion if deadly condition had been spotted in time
Susan McLoughlin was at high risk of death during labour but her illness was only spotted days before she gave birth
16:23, 30 APR 2021
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Susan McLoughlin, from Netherton, with her oldest son Jake when he was a baby (Image: Wendy Lunt)
A mum-of-four who died shortly after giving birth would have been advised to have an abortion if doctors had diagnosed her condition on time, an inquest heard. Susan McLoughlin, 33, suffered a cardiac arrest shortly after undergoing a caesarean section to deliver her baby girl Leila on October 21, 2019, leaving her devastated partner Jason McKevitt to raise their four children alone.
Susan McLoughlin had three boys.
An inquest has heard that Doctors missed the chance to further investigate high blood pressure in a Liverpool mum who died just hours after giving birth to her fourth child via C-section.
Susan McLoughlin, 33, died shortly after giving birth to her first daughter, Leila, at Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield in October 2019.
In April 2019, she had undergone a heart test while pregnant at Aintree University Hospital in Liverpool, but the abnormal results were not followed up, Sheffield Coroner s Court heard.
A little girl was all Ms McLoughlin and her partner, Jason McKevitt, had ever wanted , the inquest was told.
Doctors missed serious heart condition which killed young mum moments after she gave birth
Susan McLoughlin died shortly after giving birth to her fourth child
20:08, 29 APR 2021
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Susan McLoughlin, from Netherton, with her third son Jamie (Image: Wendy Lunt)
Doctors missed multiple chances to diagnose a serious heart condition before it killed a young mum after she gave birth to a baby girl. Susan McLoughlin, 33, suffered a cardiac arrest shortly after undergoing a caesarean section on October 21, 2019, leaving her devastated partner Jason McKevitt to raise their four children alone. Nine days before her death Susan, from Netherton, had been diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension, a rare and dangerous form of high blood pressure which damages the right side of the heart and arteries in the lungs.
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A doctor s claim that he thought pay he took for two years after leaving a role was a safety net was absurd , a judge has said.
Dr Haydar Al Nageim was paid £41,266 across 27 months after he left Royal Liverpool University Hospital in 2013.
His failure to report the payments saw him struck off by the General Medical Council (GMC) in December 2020.
Dismissing a High Court appeal, Mr Justice Julian Knowles said the doctor had shown egregious untruthfulness .
The court heard Dr Al Nageim worked as a locum junior doctor at the hospital between August 2012 and February 2013.
Doctor mistakenly paid for two years after losing job at Royal Liverpool Hospital
Dr Haydar Al Nageim pocketed £41,000 before making absurd claims he thought it was a gift
05:00, 27 APR 2021
The Royal Liverpool Hospital (Image: Liverpool ECHO)
A doctor was mistakenly paid for more than two years after losing his job at the Royal Liverpool Hospital.
Dr Haydar Al Nageim failed to flag up the error and pocketed more than £41,000 in NHS money over 27 months - before making absurd claims he thought the money was a gift from his former bosses.
He even told fraud investigators: At the time I received it, I was grateful for it and continued to receive it and I didn t question it because why would I question a gift horse.